Description
Full color 9 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ ad that talks about another of the exploits of one of their products, the B-25 Mitchell Bomber, during World War II. The drawing in the ad shows a single B-25 pulling up after dropping bombs on a bridge that is filled with enemy tanks. The text tells how the waist gunner had to call the captain on the intercom and inform him that it would be necessary to “Take her up a bit, Captain, we’re shipping water back here”. It attributes this experience to the Skull and Wing Squadron in Burma which it claims was called the Burma Dental Clinic with “Bridge Busting our Specialty”. The bottom picture explains the technique of skip-bombing which these planes were capable of doing with great ease and the skills of experienced pilots. At the very bottom of the ad it mentions “Planes That Make Headlines” including the P-51 Mustang Fighter, the B-25 and PBJ Mitchell Bomber and the AT-6 and SNJ Texan Combat Trainer.
Source: February 5, 1945 Life magazine.
